Letter A
African Nubian harp musical instrument
Actor Kumail of "Silicon Valley"
A yellowish cotton cloth
A wand'ring minstrel, he.
Affectionate family nickname
Au pair: Var.
Au pairs
Au pair alternative
Au pair, often
Au pair's desert transport?
AUSTRALIAN red fish
A billionth: Comb. form
A millionth of a milli-
A thousandth of micro-
Apple device that weighs 1.1 ounces
Apple product that debuted in 2005
A little beer?
Approximate mass of a human cell
a microscopically small material
a particle with dimensions of about 5-40 nanometres
Apple products for gym rats, maybe
*Annual Nov. challenge for aspiring authors
Annual November literary challenge whose name is a four-part portmanteau
A Bobbsey twin and namesakes
Actress Martin et al.
Actress Woods and others
Actresses Grey and Martin
Ann's cousins.
Arctic explorer (1861–1930).
Algonquian people from the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay areas
Alien sign-off
ASAP, to a lolcat
At this time, to a lolcat
"Aladdin" co-star ___ Scott
A musical Judd
Activist Klein
Activist Wadler
Activist/author Klein of "The Shock Doctrine"
Actress Grossman of "American Horror Story"
Actress Watts
Actress Watts of "21 Grams"
Actress Watts of "Birdman"
Actress Watts of "The Impossible"
Actress Watts of the "Divergent" films
Actress Watts or singer Judd
Ashley Judd's mom
Ashley and Wynonna's mom
Ashley's C&W mom
Ashley's country-singing mother
Ashley's mom
Aussie actress Watts
Author Judd
Author Wolf
Author activist Wolf
Author who described her book "Doppelganger" as being about "the horror of the society that flips fascist from within" (September, 2023)
Anagram for Omanis
Author of "The Beauty Myth"
Ambassador from Argentina to U. S., 1914.
A temple.
Ancient Greek shrine
Ancient Greek temple
Ancient shrine
Ancient temple
Afternoon snooze
A cranky person might need one
A little sleep?
A quick sleep, especially during the day
A toddler may be put down for one
A toddler may dread taking one
AFTERNOON BREAK
AFTERNOON ORA
Abduction suffix
Afternoon activity for a toddler
Afternoon break, perhaps
Afternoon event.
Afternoon indulgence
Afternoon recharge
Afternoon refresher, perhaps
Afternoon rest
Afternoon service
Afternoon snooze
Afternoon timeout
Afternoon treat, maybe
Alternative to an energy drink, perhaps
An hour of sleep, e.g.
Aspect of velvet
Attachment to "kid" and "cat"
a soft or fuzzy surface texture
abduct combining form
A glove leather
Apt region for this puzzle
Arbor-filled California region
Asian vegetable
Auto parts brand
Auto parts chain
Auto parts chain that shares a name with a California valley
Auto parts chain that's also a NASCAR sponsor
Auto parts company
Auto parts cooperative
Auto parts name
AutoZone rival
"Apocalypse Now" defoliant
Attacked brutally, in a way
Attacked with incendiary gel in war
A bun may cover it
A buzz cut leaves it uncovered
A buzz leaves it uncovered
A cat will instinctively go limp when it's pinched
A collar might hide it
A mullet covers it
A pixie doesn't cover it
A ponytail hangs over it
A redneck has a red one
A scarf can protect it
A scarf might cover it
A shirt tag may irritate it
A shirt tag may tickle it
A turtleneck tag may irritate it
A turtleneck tag may scratch it
Area below the hairline
Area below the hairline, usually
Area shaved by a barber, perhaps
Area under a necklace clasp
Area under a poll
Adam's-apples' opposites
Areas shaved by barbers
Areas that may be irritated by shirt tags
ADAMAH (city), site of
ADAMI (town), site of
a white crystalline volatile solid with a characteristic penetrating odour, an aromatic hydrocarbon
any of a class of cycloalkanes found in petroleum
A-NAPHTHYLAMINE-prepared substance
ANITRONAPHTHALENE-prepared substance
Alan who played Batman's butler on TV
Aid for messy eaters
"Able was I . . ." subject
"Amimal Farm" pig
Author of the advice
Avoided work, in a way
adoze
Aleve, by another name
Aleve, generically
Afternoon activities
Afternoon activities, for some
Afternoon breaks
Afternoon checkouts?
Afternoon refreshers
Afternoon rests
Afternoon rituals
Afternoon snoozes
Avoids work, in a way
Afternoon, for many tots
Afternoon, often, for a toddler
An hour or two in the afternoon, maybe
Asian cervine.
Ancient name of Terni's river.
Ancient Japanese capital
A crack investigator?
Agent on a bust
Agent planning a bust
Agent pursuing a dealer
Anti-drug agent
Anti-drug cop, for short
Anti-heroin type?
Antidrug agent, informally
Arrester of pushers
Abbreviated word for a narcotics officer
Abnormal tendency to fall asleep suddenly
Anti-drug agents
A state of unconsciousness produced by drugs
Agents making busts
Antdrug agents
Anti-drug cops
*An aromatic plant
ANCIENT article of luxury
ANCIENT medicine
AROMATIC balsam
An ointment
Ancient aromatic ointment.
Ancient fragrance
Ancient ointment
Aromatic Himalayan herb
Aromatic Himalayan plant
Aromatic herb used by the ancients
Aromatic ointment found in the Bible
Aromatic ointment used in antiquity
Aromatic ointment used in antiquity (Var.)
Anointed with salve.
AUSTRALIAN clover fern
Anoints with plant product.
Air-passage ends
Airport near Tokyo
Airport serving Tokyo
Airport serving greater Tokyo
Act the stool pigeon: Brit. slang.
Acted as an informant, in Ipswich
Acted as an informant, in slang
"All that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel," in a 1950 fantasy novel
Archenland is to its south
Aslan's creation
Aslan's home
Aslan's kingdom
Aslan's land
Aslan's milieu
Aslan's world
A furniture wood of the Philippines.
Asian hardwood tree.
Act as a storyteller.
Add a soundtrack to, perhaps
Add commentary
Add commentary to
Adds commentary to
Account of events
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events.
account, story
anecdotist
A or AA, in footwear
An antechamber in a church
Arctic whale: Var.
Arctic cetacean, the sea unicorn.
Arctic swimmer
arctic whale with a long spiral tusk
Arctic marine mammal (Var.)
-- a one (zero)
-- a scratch (no damage)
-- a soul
-- a soul (no one)
-- a soul (nobody)
A soul starter
Add it to "a one" to make "none"
Antiquated "not"
__ a (no)
__ a care
__ a care in the world
__ a one (nobody)
__ a one: none
___ a (not even one)
___ a one (nada)
___ a one (zilch)
___ a one (zip)
___ a scratch
____ a one: not any
AFB nautical counterpart
"Apollo 11" org.
"Apollo 13" focus
"Apollo 13" gp.
"Apollo 13" grp.
"Apollo 13" org.
"Apollo 13" subject
"Atlantis" launcher
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